Everything always stays the same in Gaitlin County, so when new girl – and not just any new girl, but someone really dark and different – comes to school, Ethan notices. Of course, there is also the fact that she has been in his dreams all summer, and that he can hear her voice in his head, even when they are not in the same room.

Turns out the new girl, Lena, is not just different, she is a caster; people in her family all have extraordinary talents like the ability to change the weather, or spy on people through the eyes of your dog. In the south, the worlds of darkness and light have always lived closely together, but it is not something the good people of Gaitlin County talk about aloud. Until the day that one of their people (Ethan) befriends one of the people of the night (Lena). These two worlds are about to collide and Ethan and Lena are right in the middle of it.

If you enjoy stories about other worlds, or enchanted love stories or ghost stories, you might also like Everlost, by Neal Shusterman, or Beastly, by Alex Flinn, or A Greyhound of a Girl, by Roddy Doyle.

Would you consider the audio edition of Beautiful Creatures to be better than the print version?

Oh I loved every minute couldn't turn it off.

What other book might you compare Beautiful Creatures to and why?

Twilight because of there deep connection!

What about Kevin T. Collins’s performance did you like?

Oh yes he was amazing!

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Laughed an cried beautiful story of love an discrimination! In a modern world!

Any additional comments?

Love love love the book the movie was horrible i was enraged at how awful the movie was huge disappointment they changed the whole story I'm still angry at what a disappointment the movie was. Especially since the book was so gripping an had me hooked!

This is a love story about a moral falling in love with a supernatural girl. The dream sequences upset my dog and every time he said "my mom died" i found myself rolling my eyes. That being said, I listened to all 17 hours of it and will get the next book with my next credit. It was one of those books that I enjoyed but would be too embarrassed to tell my friends I listened to it.

I loved this book - I really liked the narrator - he did a fantastic job despite the unnecessary and annoying sound effects randomly appearing in the background. I "read" many audio books, have read well over 300 at this point - and I don't think I've ever been as annoyed at a overall performance - again, not the narrator's fault, unless he's the one who decided to add the amateur, annoying, silly, and random sounds. For me, it detracted substantially from the book. I have an imagination of my own, that's why we read books instead of always watching movies - and I certainly don't need the sound of rain on a roof or thunder in the distance when the narrator says that there's a storm outside - I don't need the weird music of a dream when a character is dreaming. It had the sound of an old radio show, like "The Shadow," when some guy stood behind the radio actors and made sounds with various random objects. I will, probably, listen to the rest of this series if I don't have to put up with sound effects, ruining my experience of the book.

What did you like best about Beautiful Creatures? What did you like least?

Beautiful Creatures was a different and engaging story of love won and lost. I however, struggled to engage in the reading because they used these terrible sound effects. As an avid reader my imagination makes all the sounds I need to enjoy a story. If you are like me and have all the imagination needed to bring the story to life, read this book for yourself.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Beautiful Creatures?

Loved the discoveries of a new world, new ideas about casters.

What didn’t you like about Kevin T. Collins’s performance?

He reads with excitement and passion but someone added to much to him amazing performance.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

Yes

Any additional comments?

Take out the sound effects and offer this as a seperated purchase... Just saying.